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  1. Loren
    We don't publish manuals here. Why don't you tell us what your problem is and perhaps we can help?
  2. Loren
    19 mm Here is what use to loosen - use a torque wrench to tighten.
  3. Loren
    P1128 Oxygen Sensing Adaptation Area 2 (Cylinders 1 - 3) - Rich Threshold This means that the fuel mixture on the cylinder 1-3 side is too lean - that is, the DME can not increase richness enough to compensate for the lean condition. The most obvious cause of this is an intake leak on that side and or bad readings from the MAF. Beyond the air leak it could be a bad seal on the gas cap or oil cap, a bad MAF, a bad oil separator, etc. You need more info to fully diagnose the fault. You should find a shop with a Porsche PST2 or PIWIS tester so they can confirm whether the MAF is seeing erratic air pressures.
  4. Loren
    IMHO no not much. Is does get louder at RPM increases but at idle and low RPM it is pretty mild.
  5. Loren
    What year and how many miles please?
  6. Loren
    Sure, it will likely be easier to get at with the wheel off. Then just remove the plastic rivets and any screws. I would keep some extra rivets onhand as sometimes they break from age/weather, etc.
  7. Loren
    Use the Illustration Zoom option to get a closer look and then perhaps you can see the shape of each bracket better.
  8. Loren
    It can be. You should get your option codes from your service book or sales paperwork. It is possible to order the soft touch leather in the front and regular leather in the rear.
  9. Loren
    Yes, dead center between the engine and transmission.
  10. Loren
    Contributing Member LVDell did that on his car. His details and pics are here
  11. Loren
    Be very careful of the cold starts problem. That vintage (including my 76 S) were notorious for blowing the (CIS) air box because of the cold start valve leaking. Later cars and some cars were retrofit with a "pop-off" valve (flapper) to try and stop the problem. If you have to change the CIS air box the engine has to come out. Make sure your car has the 11 blade cooling fan on the engine as some of the 75 and 76 cars were shipped with a 5 blade fan that just plain did not do the job. Inspect or have some one inspect the head studs - as the engine aged these tended to snap or pull the threads out of the case. If you catch them early these are not to hard to replace with the reinforced studs. If the car has a lot of miles the chain ramps should be inspected/replaced. While you are there you can upgrade to the later chain covers that had a built in oiler and then that problem will go away too. Now with all that said these were great running cars and mine had 187,000 miles on it when I sold it. And a good deal of that was track time... :D
  12. Loren
    Yes. You may have the RMS problem if you leave your car in the garage and never drive it - or if you drive it every day.
  13. Loren
    You might get some more data if you have someone read the ABS and PSM codes - which will take a PST2 or PIWIS tester.
  14. Loren
    The new seal is for the 996, 986, 997, and 987. There are a few hundred (according to a dealer I talked to today) in the US. I suspect they are already in product units of the 997 and 987. Don't get your confidence too high this will be the 3rd or 4th seal they have tried. I for one (I now have my 2nd RMS leak) hope this new seal does the trick.
  15. Loren
    You can mute a CDR-23 by pressing the TP button one. To unmute press TP again or turn the volume knob.
  16. Loren
    996 642 131 05 = PCM2 for MY03 and newer Replaced by 996 642 131 06 replaced by 996 642 131 07
  17. Loren
    It has been posted a couple of times... Here and here
  18. Loren
    The sizes are listed in your owner manual under "Bulb Chart".
  19. Loren
    Okay, my last guess...
  20. Loren
    According to WheelEnhancement, the 996 Carrera 5-spoke wheels were made optional for the Boxster S in 2003 with a 9-inch wide rear wheel. See this webpage: 996 Carrera 5-Spoke If you got these wheels on a MY03 Boxster, did you get a "mixture" of the wheels as described in the above quote? The WheelEnhancement site doesn't list any "Carrera II" wheels, see the Wheel Gallery, so maybe they are combining the two. Would the two wheels look different in any way? I don't mind "mixing" the wheels if the look is identical but only the name is different. I didn't say they didn't make them in Boxster sizes - My point was that specfic wheel sold by Porsche for the Boxster did not come in an 8" front width. Not for that wheel for a Boxster. It will fit fine - it was not a factory option for the Boxster though.
  21. Loren
    Well, if you have a buddy you could swap relays with the would narrow it down.
  22. Loren
    Don't hold your breath on next week... I heard there are only two of the new style seals in the US right now.
  23. Loren
    No problem-- to the right of the fuse box and straight above the left foot dead pedal.
  24. Loren
    As I said... flasher relay
  25. Loren
    Jim Pasha has written an outstanding article in the October 2005 issue of Excellence Magazine. He discusses the overall reliability of 996/986 engines and what makes these engines some of the best Porsche has ever produced. We have added the 26 high resolution pictures showing the 996 engine internals. Thank you to Jim and Excellence magazine for allowing us to reproduce this. You can download the PDF version of the article here: Reliability_of_996_Engines_Excellence_Magazine_October_2005.pdf Members can view all 26 pictures - most not in the article. (You will need a browser that has the Flash plugin to view these pics) here (edit - added pictures link Sept. 27, 2005 - Loren)
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